TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of B61, the ligand for the Eck receptor protein-tyrosine kinase
AU - Shao, H.
AU - Pandey, A.
AU - O'Shea, K. S.
AU - Seldin, M.
AU - Dixit, V. M.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - B61 was originally described as a novel secreted tumor necrosis factor- α-inducible gene product in endothelial cells (Holzman, L. B., Marks, R. M., and Dixit, V. M. (1990) Mol. Cell. Biol. 10, 5836-5838). It was recently discovered that soluble recombinant B61 could serve as a ligand for the Eck receptor protein-tyrosine kinase, a member of the Eph/Eck subfamily of receptor protein tyrosine kinases (Bartley, T. D., Hunt, R. W., Welcher, A. A., Boyle, W. J., Parker, V. P., Lindberg, R. A., Lu, H. S., Colombero, A. M., Elliott, R. L., Guthrie, R. A., Hoist, P. L., Skrine, J. D., Toso, R. J., Zhang, M., Fernandez, E., Trail, G., Yarnum, B., Yarden, Y., Hunter, T., and Fox, G. M. (1994) Nature 368, 558-560). We now show that B61 can also exist as a cell surface glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked protein that is capable of activating the Eck receptor protein-tyrosine kinase, the first such report of a receptor protein-tyrosine kinase ligand that is glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked. In addition, the expression patterns of B61 and Eck during mouse ontogeny were determined by in situ hybridization. Both were found to be highly expressed in the developing lung and gut, while Eck was preferentially expressed in the thymus. Finally, the gene for B61 was localized to a specific position on mouse chromosome 3 by interspecific backcross analysis.
AB - B61 was originally described as a novel secreted tumor necrosis factor- α-inducible gene product in endothelial cells (Holzman, L. B., Marks, R. M., and Dixit, V. M. (1990) Mol. Cell. Biol. 10, 5836-5838). It was recently discovered that soluble recombinant B61 could serve as a ligand for the Eck receptor protein-tyrosine kinase, a member of the Eph/Eck subfamily of receptor protein tyrosine kinases (Bartley, T. D., Hunt, R. W., Welcher, A. A., Boyle, W. J., Parker, V. P., Lindberg, R. A., Lu, H. S., Colombero, A. M., Elliott, R. L., Guthrie, R. A., Hoist, P. L., Skrine, J. D., Toso, R. J., Zhang, M., Fernandez, E., Trail, G., Yarnum, B., Yarden, Y., Hunter, T., and Fox, G. M. (1994) Nature 368, 558-560). We now show that B61 can also exist as a cell surface glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked protein that is capable of activating the Eck receptor protein-tyrosine kinase, the first such report of a receptor protein-tyrosine kinase ligand that is glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked. In addition, the expression patterns of B61 and Eck during mouse ontogeny were determined by in situ hybridization. Both were found to be highly expressed in the developing lung and gut, while Eck was preferentially expressed in the thymus. Finally, the gene for B61 was localized to a specific position on mouse chromosome 3 by interspecific backcross analysis.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.270.10.5636
DO - 10.1074/jbc.270.10.5636
M3 - Article
C2 - 7890684
AN - SCOPUS:0028909996
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 270
SP - 5636
EP - 5641
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 10
ER -